botany
noun
Simple meaning
The plant life of a geographical area.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
bahtuhneeSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈbɑtəni
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
The plant life of a geographical area; flora.
All the plant life in a particular region or period
The properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.
uncountable
A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.
countable
A botanical treatise or study, especially of a particular system of botany or that of a particular place.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B2 · Upper Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Formality
- Technical
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The plant life of a geographical area; flora.
Used this way, botany is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This sense is used where position and measurement matter — travel, weather and flight — so it reads as factual rather than emotive.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Geography/travel
- Weather/aviation
- Technical/specialist writing
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Word Family
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Word family
Words built from the same root.
A drug made from part of a plant (as the bark or root or leaves).
Related to The plant life of a geographical area.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament.
Related Words
Connected to the same idea, not synonyms.
- horticulturenoun
- floranoun
- botanicadjective
- zoologynoun
- botanicalnoun
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